Hand-planter



(No Model.)

W. L. KLING.

HAND PLANTBR. No. 414,326. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

/QTTESV I WVUTUR- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM L. KLING, OF EAST ST. CLOUD," MINNESOTA.

HAN D-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,320, dated November 5, 1889.

Application filed March 11, 1889. Serial No. 302,820. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. KLING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at East St. Cloud,in the county of Benton and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hand-Planters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of implements which are designed for planting corn, cotton-seed, peas, beans, and other seeds at determined distances apart, and which are so constructed that in the act of forming the dibble-holes by pressing their lower end into the soil any given number of seeds is deposited; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a simple, inexpensive, and lasting' machine, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of a handplanter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same on line fr x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detached view, in perspective, of the curved guide to operate the seed-'feeding wheel. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the seed-wheels.

In said drawings, A represents the seed chamber or hopper, in the bottom of which .there is a horizontal partition a, having an openin g acapable of accommodating the largest number of seeds intended to be planted in ahill. Below said partition a there is another partition a, and between them a horizontal groove a3, within which is placed one of the seed-wheels B furnished wth'the machine, each wheel B having a different-sized seedreceiving hole b for different kinds of seed, and the lower partition a has also a hole a4 for the passage of the seed from the wheel B; but said hole a* does not coincide with the hole a2 in the upper partition. To permit the seeds to pass from the seed-chamber A to the delivery-chamber c, the said wheel B has to be horizontally cscillated so that its seed-receivin g hole t will coincide irst with the opening a2, and after said hole b has been lled with seed it is oscillated until the hole b coincides with the hole a4 in the Wheel-supporting partition a. The seed-wheel is mounted upon a pivot-pin b2, that is inserted through the lower horizontal partition a and through the central hole Ir" in said wheel. To permit the seed-wheel to be easily removed from the device and replaced by another, the front of the groove a3 is open for the escape of said wheel when its pivot-pin is withdrawn.

To retain the pin b2 and prevent it from dropping out, its lower end is bent laterally and made to enter a cavity d in the hinged side D. Said part D has its upper end hinged at d2 to the edge of the partition a', (in the present case by means ot' a exible piece of leather.) The lower end of the side D Is formed of a small sheet of elastic sheet metal D2, the lower edge of which bears against the side of the metal shoe E2 of the plunger E. The hinged side D is retained closed by means of a pin cl3 passing therethrough and through the sides of the planter. y

When it is desired to change the wheel B for another having a different-sized hole b, the pin d3 is removed from its seat and the side D swung on its hinge until the pin b2 is released and is withdrawn from the Wheel B. The seeder is then inclined to one side and said wheel permitted to drop out of the groove a3. Another seed-Wheel having a suitably-sized hole b is then slid into the groove a3 and the pin b2 reinserted in its seat and locked, as above described.

To horizontally oscillate the wheel B, it has in the edge of its periphery a radial groove h4, that is made to straddle the edge of an S shaped guide-plate F, that is slightly wider at its ends than at the center of its length, to follow the lateral displacement of the seedwheel. Said plate has a central lug f and a top and a bottom lug f2 to connect it to the inner surface of the plunger E, said lugs being inserted and pinned in grooves in the plunger. To retain and guide said plunger,

the sides of the planter are united together at IOO provided with a Cover A2 in the top, and a Wheel, said pinhaving its lower end bent to brush A3 in the bottom to control the seed.

Having now fully described my invention, I o1ai1n- 5 A hand-plantereonsistingof the seed-chamber having a perforated horizontal partition a in the bottom thereof, a second perforated partition a under the first, with a groove CL3, openon one side between said partitions, and Ioa perforated seed-Wheel, a pivot-pin for said one side and in 'engagement With the hinged Sides of the planter, and means for operating the seedewheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix inysignatnre in '15 

